The news of the arrival of the Google maps service to Apple mobile devices was received with great acceptance among users. Many have downloaded it and are using it right now. The only problem with this application is that it is not integrated with other iOS applications and services that, when they require map information, go directly to Apple Maps. There is one that is especially frustrating given that it gives us great immediacy in handling the phone or tablet: voice commands. Well, we want to give you a trick to have Siri open Google Maps.
The application does not have iPad support yet but there is a way to make it fit the 9,7-inch screen of the Cupertino and we will we count it.
Anyway, to be able to ask Siri to show us an address in the most famous map service, we just have to trick you with semantics. Apple Maps does not have a trip calculator in public transport, so when it is requested by voice to calculate us how to get to a site by public transport suggests other applications to do it. It is at that moment when we can select the Mountain View application and it will come up with the route from our location to the destination with the marked bus, train or subway itinerary. If we need to modify the means of transport, we will do it with the app buttons.
This solution is actually a trick, since if those of the bitten apple implement the routes in public transport it will stop working. This integration problem is the most visible, but many app developers have complained about being forced to integrate maps that did not work and now many will have to retrace that path. In no case, Apple apps will.
Source: Applezone